Workforce diversity
Maria Virginia Olano is editorial producer at Canary Media, where she writes the Chart of the Week and Charging Up columns. She also covers climatetech workforce trends and leads editorial digital events.
Before joining the Canary team, she worked on state-level climate policy advocacy, specifically focusing on communications strategies. She previously produced the podcastPolitical Climate and hosted and produced the podcast Cooler Earth. She grew up in Colombia and now lives in Boston.
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Plus, a Q&A with Julie Blunden, renewables sector power player.
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Batteries
Chart: China is trouncing the US on battery recycling
In Asia and Europe, policy is driving the growth of lithium-ion battery recycling. The U.S. still lacks rules that would spur industry momentum.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Solar
Gráfico: La energía solar en Puerto Rico sigue creciendo
La cantidad de capacidad fotovoltaica en techos se ha más que duplicado desde que el huracán María azotó la isla en 2017. -
Solar
Chart: Here's how much rooftop solar is surging in Puerto Rico
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Solar
Chart: Most US solar jobs are in installation, not manufacturing
The Auxin trade probe aims to support U.S. solar manufacturing, but if it succeeds, it could kill jobs in the much larger installation and development sector. -
Workforce diversity
Charging Up: Climatetech career moves at Perch Energy, Savion, DOE, Google, Bodhi, Form Energy and more
Plus, a Q&A with Tani Brown, vice president of platform and operations at MUUS Climate Partners. -
Workforce diversity
Inspired by a superhero, Shawn Jones became a climatetech engineer
Canary talks to BlueWave's head of storage development about big batteries, climate justice and bringing more people of color into clean energy.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Fossil fuels
Chart: Fossil fuels are a big driver of inflation
Speeding up the switch to renewables will free consumers from the price volatility of dirty energy.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Solar
Chart: Which 12 US cities outshine the rest in solar energy?
A new report ranks cities by total amount of solar power capacity and solar per capita — and most of the top contenders are not in California!By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: Climatetech career moves at Stripe, Highland, AES, Array Technologies, RWE, Microsoft and more
Plus, a Q&A with Karen Miao, Senior Director of Renewable Structuring at JERA Americas.
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